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Self-policing won't prevent another Deepwater Horizon
April 20 marked the ninth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, an offshore drilling disaster that killed 11 men and triggered a pollution nightmare as uncontrolled oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico for almost three months. Last week, shortly after that anniversary, the Trump administration announced a rollback of regulations that had been written to prevent such an incident from happening again. This should horrify you.
Birnbaum: Self-policing won’t prevent another Deepwater Horizon
S. ELIZABETH BIRNBAUM S. ELIZABETH BIRNBAUM WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE. May 12, 2019, 12:01AM The "Follow This Story" feature will notify you when any articles related to this story are posted. When you follow a story, the next time a related article is published — it could be days, weeks or months — you'll receive an email informing you of the update. If you no longer want to follow a story, click the "Unfollow" link on that story.
Opinion: Self-policing won't prevent another offshore oil disaster
April 20 marked the ninth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, an offshore drilling disaster that killed 11 men and triggered a pollution nightmare as uncontrolled oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico for almost three months. Last week, shortly after that anniversary, the Trump administration announced a rollback of regulations that had been written to prevent such an incident from happening again. This should horrify you.
Opinion | Trump’s latest regulatory rollback should horrify you
In this April 21, 2010, photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (AP) By S. Elizabeth Birnbaum May 7 at 3:31 PM S. Elizabeth Birnbaum was the director of the Minerals Management Service, the agency responsible for offshore oil and gas leasing, at the time of the Deepwater Horizon accident. She serves as senior counsel at Arabella Advisors.
Opinion | The Deepwater Horizon Threat
Op-Ed Contributor By S. Elizabeth Birnbaum and Jacqueline Savitz April 16, 2014 FOUR years ago this Sunday, BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, destroying the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing 11 workers and setting off an uncontrolled oil gusher lasting 87 days. By the time the flow was stopped, an estimated 200 million gallons of oil had entered the ocean. The harm to gulf wildlife has been long-lasting if not fully understood.
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